Where plaintiff has sued for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding restrictive covenants and  declarations made by the governance of defendant subdivision, the statute of limitations does not bar consideration of plaintiff’s claims. Overview Defendant filed a plea in bar and ...

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Where a defendant in a criminal case has renewed a “Motion To Conduct Trial in a Courtroom That Does Not Contain Confederate Symbols, Memorials and Iconography,” the court orders that a portrait of Robert E. Lee will be removed but ...

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A Louisa County judge has reversed his previous ruling and ordered removal of a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the back wall of the county courtroom. Judge Timothy K. Sanner said he concluded “the level of controversy ...

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An Oregon man who won his eBay bid to buy a car from a Virginia seller won’t be able to collect on a judgment he won in Oregon state court when he sued, saying the car was defective. Goochland-based Bavarian ...

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The defendants, two veterinary doctors and managers of a high-end equine veterinary medicine practice in Goochland County, engaged in a self-dealing transaction in which they purported to “sell” the medical practice to a new practice they formed without the plaintiff. ...

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Taken in context, defendant’s alleged statement that he relied on plaintiff’s “description of a wall’s construction” when he prepared a letter about inspection of a retaining wall can be viewed as defamatory, and the Louisa County Circuit Court overrules defendant’s ...

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On Aug. 27, 2009, 26-year-old Joe Jackson was rear-ended when stopped on Route 22 in Louisa County while waiting for the car in front of him to turn left. A Virginia Propane truck was traveling at 45 mph before the ...

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“Boundless” was the name of the boat that took a Richmond lawyer sailing around the Caribbean with her boyfriend. But Sherry Netherland, who interrupted her mid-life legal career to take the trip, returned to Virginia and sued her sailor, Jeff ...

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The plaintiff sued his dentist for $1,000,000 alleging that the defendant’s treatment approach, including occlusal adjustments (grinding small bits of teeth enamel to correct bite problems) was negligent and caused him to experience joint problems, pain, sleeplessness and emotional injury. ...

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An admiralty case washes ashore in Goochland County, and the Goochland County Circuit Court sustains defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s claim seeking relief on a theory of piercing the corporate veil, overrules defendant’s special plea of the Jones Act, and says ...

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